Events
Danish explorer Vitus Bering makes first European landing in AKRussians discover Pribilof IslandsMaggie Smith, last Eyak speaker diesAlaska transfered from Russia to United StatesRussians colonize Kodiak ArchipelagoRussian Orthodox priests arrive is KodiakTlingit drive out RussiansEnglish traders create post at Fort YukonStarvation of 1500 St.Lawrence Island Eskimos because of disease from Yankees and bad weatherNew technique of canning salmonCommercial fishing starts in Tlingit and HaidaCommercial fishing starts in AlutiiqCommercial fishing starts in Bristol Bay Yupiit CommunitiesSheldon Jackson, Presbyterian missionary visits AKWhites can apply for titles to business sites and take natives propertiesAlaska Native Brotherhood startedTlingit and Haida pursue land claimsAthabaskan people pursue land claimslowest reported AK census because of lack of education about diseses like TB and FluAK becomes a stateFormation of Alaska Federation of NativesBureau of Indian Affairs createdBig oil discovery on North SlopeUS extends its oceanic jurisdiction 200 miles offshore AKUs starts managing fish and wildlife on federal lands in AKJohn Brady creates Industrial boardinf school for natives in SitkaSenator Ben Harrison brought civil government to the last frontierAK becomes a US territory with its own legislatorSheldon Jackson named federal education agent of AKLiquor liscensing system introducedAlaska Native Claims ActVeniaminov transferred to sitkaVeniaminov appointed bishop of sitka and alaskaVeniaminov translated and published several books in AleutVeniaminov lobbyed for support for publication of books in Alaska native languagesVeniaminov elevated to bishop of Kamchatka, Kuriles, and Aleutian Islands. Took Name Innokentii, St. InnocentConstruction of Saint Michael's cathedral in sitkaBishop Innocent elevated to Archbishop and transferred to YakutskSegregated schooling begins in AK with English-only instructionPeriods
Unangan/Aleut Time of ContactPacific Eskimo Time of ContactBering Sea Eskimo Time of ContactSoutheast Coastal Indians Time of ContactInterior Indians Time of ContactNorthern Eskimo Time of ContactHeart of Dog Sled RacingPlanes start displacing dog sleddersSmallpox epidemic for Deghitan and Koyukon peoplesRussians gradually expand up coast of Western AlaskaAlaska had no civil governmentInupiat exposed to Yankee whalersFall of commercial whalingAK Baby boom after recieving education on sanitation and diseseswhite population doubles in AKNavy Rule
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